| 单词 | moonlight flitting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoonlight flitting a. esp. The action of removing from one abode to another; a removal. Now chiefly northern and Scottish. moonlight flitting: removal by moonlight, i.e. by night or by stealth. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > change of residence flittingc1175 removinga1425 remove1555 removal1605 motion1634 flit1835 move1853 shift1871 locomutationa1884 the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > stealthy moonlight flitting1721 mizzle1789 sneak1819 moonlight flit1824 guy1889 moonlight1958 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10781 Forr galileo bitacneþþ uss Flittinng onn ennglissh spæche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12518 Þai..to bethleem þair flitting made. 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. 21 The people returned from Chaldea to Iury..seventy yeeres after their flitting. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 145 He has taken a Moon light flitting. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. at Flit Two flittings are as bad as one fire. 1804 W. Scott Let. 1 Aug. (1932) I. 224 I had to superintend a removal, or what we call a flitting. moonlight flitting moonlight flitting n. Scottish (now rare) = moonlight flit n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [noun] > a house > moving house > by night to avoid paying rent moonlight flitting1721 moonlight flit1824 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 145 He has taken a Moon light flitting. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xxxi. 263 He was fain to make a moonlight flitting, leaving his wife for a time to manage his affairs. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker v. 79 In the excellent Scots' phrase, I made a moonlight flitting, a thing never dignified. < as lemmas |
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